Smyrna times., 1887-06-29
SPECIMENS OF THE "ouEeR.n
An Expert in Counterfeit ,Toro,-,..
Gold and SiI,.... 1,. . N9

an Expert i'm Counterfeit STOncv-I.oc,,.
Gold and Silver Coin.
Inc laws OF the United State; Iuovblo
penalties not only for mak..e. utt4ring
ana passing, but for ''having in posseso
aioh counterfeit money, and when a
,, nlaiI can safely come to you and flash
up d ron OF bills as large as YOUR arm in
one hundreds tfties, twcntiCs and so IN,
uoWll' produce from one pocket q hand
iuI oi &Iittcrin% yellow bows" and from
inc Otlcr half Il pint of what Iool, Iil,o
silver CONS, all counterfeit. he must 10
some one quite out of the ordinary
such man is James Ii. Cables of
s.:1 Se" ork' an expert in spotting counter
6'5 oeiV money, and an attache of The United
oLaUeS treasury Counterfeit Detector
VINO VINO mas Just made one Of his periodical
VISITS to Detroit. Mr.. Cables. under n
special license from the secretary Of tbe
treasury, carries with him about 81. Zoo
III lhe cleverest of spurious paper. poId
anu silver currency, every nickel of
WIilch would be good with anv ordinary
person for its equivalent IN beer and
DoIogna. lie devOtes his time and snnci-
mems to enlightening the simple rs t6 tLa
| hangers OF pnchbecI bills and coin and
the necessity Of being supplied With a
counterfeit detector.
Mr. Gables is perfect intelEoenco of-
nee as to all matters relating to tho
queer and, although he is the avoyvod
eneily OF cOunterfeiters. regards his
ciolcesC specimens Of criminal art with
soIllethlng OF the pride that a conuois-
seur IN prints feels III displaying am ar
IlSI proof OF Rafael OF Morgan.
Perhaps he feels a little more iov in
exhibiting the almost perfect worL of
tIoSe great masters, Thomas Ballard md
Charles Clrich, than in any other Tbe.n
are, are hllnS on the eye line Of his gallery.
ana nave every advantage of light and
situation. e''' ''iiN
Ulrich did long time in the Ohio peni-
lehtlary at Columbus, and while there
made portrait Of Governor ..Foghorn''
Alien, which is now the best extant II
was PROBABLY not in recognition of this
service that he was pardoned in 1876. 4 |
1uhlD Der OF well meaning ladies'. immn- !
alately upon his release, established him
III the engraving business at Columbus
Dut TINS was too slow for him. and in Ia.s
IAan year he was floating a finely eva-
cuted counterfeit of a So bill on a Penn
9syIIanla bank. The plate was run down
III 1851 but the bills still travel and are
exceedingly dangerous.
ballard, the other premier. is NOW
iolhg thirty years at the Albany penit.n-
llary. under sentence imposed in 1874
another excellent ajet dart in Mr. "a
oies gallery is the magnificent Sf0o
llll made and floated bv Smith and
oIockaWay III 1880. This would easily
ldSs with any one having small change
O[ IT. unless he were a real expert.
one valuable suggestion made bv Mr..
1aDles Is that any United States treasury
lote' the number of which is not divisi-
lie by four, is a counterfeit.
"A fact not generally understood is that
lie margin of profit in the making of
ogus gold coin Is very small. The tens
llu twenues 1t is almost impossible to
laKe heavy enough to deceive anv one
uG pure amateur. In s. pieces Mr..
abies shows one which, with its mixture
SILVER and fine lettering, is only dis {
h9ulshable from the genuine by slight !
neVehness Of lettering. 1t will stand the '
-l9 test almost perfectly. This coin has
intrinsic value of $4.GO, leaving only {
per cent. to cover the cost of manufac- {
ire and the risk of term in prison. '
In silver coins there is now an elegant
III complete line of counterfeits. The t
'SG OF these is dollar floated since 1879. t
u weight and true ring. but composed t
Rabbit metal thinly coated with silver. u
us costs twenty-five cents laid down at &
e factory, and is disposed of to ..sbov- c
for fifty cents, leaving profit of 100 b
T cent. to cover risk. A fifty cent piece. p
1872, is also a bad 'un. 1t is built of
tlmony, tim and Babbitt metal. is Of p
Il size and weight, clean cut and hand W
me- but has greasy feel" al
The Canadian bills in Mr.. Cables cab IL,
II are nostly well engraved. but are de- L
'tve IN lathe work and paper. In the tn
Sc OF our own notes the peculiarity of til
paper is one of the most difficult points til
the counterfeiter to overcome. sp
SINCE April, 1886 seventeen new conn co
Ielts OF paper money have been dis til
'ered.-Detroit Free Press. M
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